Robert Shaw

Robert Shaw (August 9, 1927 - August 28, 1978) was an English actor and writer. His best-known film performances include Henry VIII in A Man for All Seasons (1966) Doyle Lonegan in The Sting (1973) and Quint in Jaws (1975).

He was an accomplished writer as well as a respected actor, adapting his own novel The Man in the Glass Booth for the stage but asking for his credit to be removed from the filmed version.

He played "the Priest" in the beautifully named A Town Called Bastard (1971).

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Films

• The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) (uncredited) .... Chemist at Police Exibition.
• Operation Secret[?] (1952) (uncredited) .... Jacques
• The Dam Busters[?] (1954) .... Flight Sgt. J. Pulford
• Double Cross[?] (1956)
• The Caretaker[?] (in USA) a.k.a. The Guest[?] (1963) .... Aston
• From Russia with Love (1963)
• A Man for All Seasons (1966)
• A Town Called Bastard[?] (1971)
• The Sting (1973)
• Jaws (1975)
• Avalanche Express[?] (1979) .... General Marenkov

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Books

• The Hiding Place[?]
• The Sun Doctor[?]
• The Flag[?]
• Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious[?] (1965) (novel)
• The Man in the Glass Booth (1969) ISBN 0140030115

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